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  2. Triad (music) - Wikipedia

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    That is, a song or other vocal or instrumental piece can be in the key of C major or A minor, but a song or some other piece cannot be in the key of B diminished or F augmented (although songs or other pieces might include these triads within the triad progression, typically in a temporary, passing role). Three of these four kinds of triads are ...

  3. Major chord - Wikipedia

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    A major triad has a major third (M3) on the bottom, a minor third (m3) on top, and a perfect fifth (P5) between the outer notes. In harmonic analysis and on lead sheets, a C major chord can be notated as C, CM, CΔ, or Cmaj. A major triad is represented by the integer notation {0, 4, 7}.

  4. Minor chord - Wikipedia

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    A minor triad has a minor third (m3) on the bottom, a major third (M3) on top, and a perfect fifth (P5) between the outer notes. In harmonic analysis and on lead sheets, a C minor chord can be notated as Cm, C−, Cmin, or simply the lowercase "c". A minor triad is represented by the integer notation {0, 3, 7}.

  5. Chord notation - Wikipedia

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    A diminished triad can be viewed as a minor triad in which the perfect fifth has been substituted with a diminished fifth (6 semitones). In this case, the augmented triad can be named major triad sharp five, or major triad augmented fifth (M ♯ 5, M +5, maj aug5).

  6. Chord (music) - Wikipedia

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    It comprises a major triad with the added major sixth above the root, common in popular music. [3] For example, the chord C 6 contains the notes C–E–G–A. The minor sixth chord (min 6 or m 6, e.g., Cm 6) is a minor triad, still with a major 6. For example, the chord Cm 6 contains the notes C–E ♭ –G–A.

  7. Minor major seventh chord - Wikipedia

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    Minor major seventh chord. A minor major seventh chord, or minor/major seventh chord (also known as the Hitchcock Chord) is a seventh chord composed of a root, minor third, perfect fifth, and major seventh (1, ♭ 3, 5, and 7). It can be viewed as a minor triad with an additional major seventh.

  8. Upper structure - Wikipedia

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    This E ♭ major triad is what would be called the upper structure. Considered in relation to the root C, the notes of this E ♭ major triad function, respectively, as the sharpened ninth (the root of the E ♭ major chord), fifth, and seventh in relation to that root.

  9. Major scale - Wikipedia

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    The term "major scale" is also used in the names of some other scales whose first, third, and fifth degrees form a major triad. The harmonic major scale [4] [5] has a minor sixth. It differs from the harmonic minor scale only by raising the third degree.